@Christine: I can so feel you. I already felt the social pressure about finding a decent job and supposebly having to know what the f*** I want to do with my life and so on. Now I have been to South Korea for one month and people from back home, when they are not asking if I am still alive because I didn’t write a new post in my blog yet, already keep continuing with the old tune. Sometimes it makes me really afraid to think that I might not be strong enough to get out of these enormous social maelstrom called “western life”

@Mikaela: Two years will make it even harder… ha ha. Wow, I think if I lived in Germany for a year, I’d probably want to stay in that bubble for a long time before dealing with the U.S. The lifestyle values are such a shift, I imagine! Asia will produce another shift. I think it’s amazing you’re experiencing both ends.

Anyhow, great post!

@LifeLessOrdinary: Thanks. I’m sure your psych thesis must be very interesting. I can relate to what you said. You definitely see how much you’ve grown and changed your way of thinking. The question is which will you ultimately choose. From your blog name maybe, I can guesstimate what direction you went. 😉

@Megan: I think you actually meant to comment on my Monk post. Not sure how it ended up here. Are you in Thailand or a different country?